12 - Wednesday, September 7, 1994 - North Shore News

Kevin
Gillies

COMMUTING IN the
Greater Vancouver Regional
District (GVRD) is becoming
more arduous. The regional
district has just released sta-
tistics which reveal that the
average daily commute is
12% further, 20% longer, and
7.5% slower than it was in the
past.

According to GVRD’s

WHEN TIMES are tough and the economy sags the first things
cut from any government budget are the “non-essential” expendi-
tures, These often include the sponsorship of sporting or cultural
events. The private sector becomes inyolved when government
money vanishes, One of the largest contributors is the tobacco
industry. Tobacco companies spend an estimated $50 million to
support high-profile events tike tennis and golf tournaments, jazz
and music festivals and fashion shows as well as fireworks compe-

titions. With tobacco's links to cancer, anti-smoking groups ques-
tion tobacco company motives as cigarette advertising is no longer
allowed in Canada. However, event sponsorship by the companies
is allowed because they are promoting o company, not a clyarette
brand. Tobacco companies in turn have creuted companies
named after cigarette brands — such as Player's Ltd. and
Matinee Ltd. — with similar logos, Still, $50 million is a fot of
money to cough up — money taxpayers don't have,

Should tobacco companies sponsor cultural and sporting events?

Kyie Stansfeld
North Vancouver

No, because so many
young people are into
sports and smoking is
the opposite of what

Wilma J.
Vancouver

Yes, because the
governinent gets taxes
off of cigarette sales and
at least the money is
being well spent.

Christian Damkier
North Vancouver

No, they shouldn't,
bit they should have to
put that money towards
healthcare.

Richard Hauyhlin
North Vancouver

I don't have a prob-
fem with it. [ don't
smoke, but at least
they're putting ho back
into the community.

Christine Lacey

North Vancouver
They should be

allowed {o sponsor

some events ~~ like the

fireworks —~ but not

sports. The two don’t

sports are all about.
Smoking shouldn’t be

‘associated with sports.

Strategic Planning Department
statistics, the average commute is
14 kilometres in distance and
takes 24 minutes at 34.7 km-hr.

The information was collected
through a 1992 survey of the trav-
ef habits of 15,000 househoids
conducted by the GVRD and BC
Transit, as well as the B.C,
Ministry of Transportation and
Highways.

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Nearly 60% of all trips in the
region began and ended some-
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The survey also found that
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A WEST Vancuuver man awoke
from an afternoon nap recently to
find two youths had broken into
his Groveland Road home,
The man startled the burglars
who then fled from the home.
Witnesses were able to give

jive.

Per

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police descriptions of the sus-
pects.

Two 17 year olds have been
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